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Word: Puffback
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpʌfbak
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small black-and-white African shrike, the male of which displays by puffing up the feathers of the lower back.
Short Definition:small black-and-white African shrike, male
Variant Forms:
- puff-back shrike
